Re: [xsl] XSLT and XML in the same document

[Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@xxxxxx>]

Andrew Welch wrote:
> On 5/28/07, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > David Carlisle wrote:
> > >> functionality via msxsl:node-set()[2].  Kind of a pain to work 
> > between the
> > >> two of them inside of the same transformation file, but a simple check
> > >
> > > you can probably just use msxsl:script to define exslt:node set can't
> > > you,and then just use the exslt version in the actual code.
> > > I don't think I've tried that though (but I may have done, hard to
> > > remember:-)
> >
> > I just tried, and the first hurdle is that I can't define a function
> > called "node-set" in JScript (it's not a legal identifier). But
> > otherwise a cool idea :-)
> >
> > Microsoft: please give us exslt:node-set in IE. Please.
>
> There's msxsl:node-set().... used in combination with
> function-available() and exslt:node-set() that should be sufficient
> for what you need (if a bit of a pain)?

Sufficient yes, but still a pain. The problem is that you can't do 
something like:

<xsl:variable name="foo">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="function-available(...)">
       ...


  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>


if you need $foo to be a node-set. All this pain and extra case could go 
away if Microsoft simply made "exslt:node-set" a synonym for 
"msxsl:node-set".

Best regards, Julian